Monday, December 12, 2005

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We got some news on Friday that completely ruined out night. Because of our misunderstanding of our dental insurance coverage, Becky and I get to pay for pretty much all of the bill for my wisdom teeth extractions......$1350 worth of extractions that is! DAMN!! This could not have come at a worse time. Just as we are about to go down to one income and start paying rent and utilities at two residences. I felt so stupid. Misreading one little line in our coverage caused the screw up. Under Calendar Year Maximum the sum of $1000 was listed. Well, we interpreted that to mean the max WE had to pay in a year would be $1000, but it turns out thats the amount the INSURANCE would pay in a calendar year, and since I had had 8 cavities filled earlier this year, that number had been reached already. Hence, us getting stuck with a $1300 bill. Hopefully the dentist has some type of payment plan, otherwise its onto plastic for that "purchase". Son of a......

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